An autograph album from Izod's of Hannover Sqaure, in the form of a leather bound address book with a fine selection of famous personalities including
£500 - £800
An autograph album from Izod's of Hannover Sqaure, in the form of a leather bound address book with a fine selection of famous personalities including the tennis stars Fred Perry, Louise Brough, Budge Patty, Gardner Malloy, 'Gorgeous' Gussy Moran, Margaret duPont, Shirley Fry, Nancy Morrison, Julia Sampson, Doris Hart, Dorothy Head Knode, Pat Todd, Joan Curry, Thelma Long, 'Little Mo' Connolly, Nancy Chaffee, Louise Raymond, Jack Crawford, Dorothy Round, Donald Budge and others, also the golfers Bobby Jones, Henry Cotton, Abe Mitchell, Walter Hagen, the Australian cricketer Bert Oldfield and the boxer Jack Doyle, non-sporting signatures including Winston and Pamela Churchill, Henry Ford II, King Faisal of Iraq, European royalty, the actress Anna Neagle and many others The Izod's business was founded by Jack Izod in the early 20th century and quickly gained a reputation as a fine tailor shop. In the 1940s Jack Izod gained a Royal Warrant as Shirtmaker to King George VI. The company is famous for designing the Fred Perry brand emblem and also inventing the Windsor Knot for the Duke of Windsor. The rights to the Izod name was bought, and the 'Izod' shirt has endured to this day.